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#Ableg News 🧵

This was the WORST Bad News Week for the UCP in 2022!

😳 Smith’s New Cabinet faces NUMEROUS questions (Story #1-4)

🤦🏻‍♂️ Alberta makes (embarrassing) international news…2X! (#11-12)

🚨 2 UGLY #Abpoli Polls for the UCP (#18)

Here’s 18 (YUP!) bad news UCP Stories

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1. Danielle Smith was forced to defend having one of the largest + expensive executive councils in #Abpoli history

Smith dismissed a suggestion she’s “rewarding supporters and garner loyalty among MLAs” by saying she’s against “top-heavy gov’t models against AHS”

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2. Smith was ALSO questioned about why she had the FEWEST women (19%) in her new executive council of ANY Canadian province by a significant margin!

Smith scoffed and said she’s “a woman”

An expert in Gender & Women Studies labelled this a “dudebro cabinet" 😥

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3. New changes to UCP cabinet portfolios signals protections for 95% of Alberta’s parks, rec areas & wildlands are in jeopardy

Experts warn moving Alberta’s parks away from the Alberta Envio ministry places an “emphasis on industrial development; not protections”

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4. The UCP was forced to clarify which new ministry is in charge of key labour laws after a HUGE omission in an Order In Council

The Occupational Health and Safety Act and Labour Relations Code were MISSING

The NDP called it “frustrating and disheartening”

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5. In a bizarre moment, Smith said she’s cancelling an agreement involving the WEF as she “won’t work with a group that talks about controlling governments”

🤦 The “deal” was AHS sharing ideas with leading health researchers at Harvard University & Mayo Clinic

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6. Four unions repping over 122,000 Alberta health workers came together to “insist” a meeting with Health Minister Copping to improve Alberta’s health care and avoid a rash review that could further destabilize a health system in crisis

Copping did not respond.

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7. Alberta’s former CMOH says Premier Smith could be on a DANGEROUS path by repeating her “sights are set” on major changes at AHS

Dr. Talbot stated the toll will be far worse without action to protect public health during numerous waves of the disease: not cuts!

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8. One group is THRILLED BY Smith attacking AHS and health care workers….An Ottawa hospital said it will be happy to take health-care workers from Alberta.

Their recruitment campaign is focused on Danielle Smith’s recent comments at the UCP AGM.

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9. Smith’s proposal to grant amnesty to those fined for violating COVID-19 public health orders may amount to “political interference” in the justice system said @loriain_h, a UofC health law expert

Smith’s seeking legal advice to find ways to overturn decisions

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10. As Smith is promising pardons & compensation, an Alberta Court of King’s Bench dismissed an appeal of an Edmonton church pastor fined for blocking entry to an AHS inspector who was trying to see whether COVID-19 masking & social distancing rules were in place

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11. For the 3rd week in a row, Smith made international news.

Fox News discussed her plan to pardon residents fined or arrested over breaking C19 protocols, and her apology to unvaccinated Canadians

The story included Rebel media and a rogue street preacher

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12. Alberta also made international news after 1990’s comedian and anti-vaccine activist Rob Schneider posted praise for Danielle Smith.

Responding to a tweet of a video of with Smith denouncing health mandates and vaccines, Rob said “Alberta has a real leader.”

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13.Roads around #Ableg were closed as OVER 4,000 Teachers, parents & education advocates demonstrated support for Public Education, asking for it to be a top priority for Alberta’s elected officials.

It was noted that Education Minister LaGrange did not respond.

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14. The Law Society of Alberta announced that the hearing into Tyler Shandro conduct has been rescheduled for January 2023.

The Justice minister is facing 3-counts of unprofessional conduct for multiple events in 2020, and at risk of suspended or disbarred.

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15. Questions are being raised over Smith’s presence at a grand opening event at Medicine Hat College

Smith is running in a byelection in Brooks-Medicine Hat

Experts suggest this may be “blatant political opportunism” and against Albertans ethical legislation

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16. #YEG -area politicians are skeptical after Smith said she’s been lobbied to now allow political parties at the city level.

The Mayor of #YEG was surprised !by this as he wasn’t consulted, suggesting this adds further polarization in politics

(@reportrix)

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17. An Alberta judge ruled the February order to lift masking requirements for young students was "unreasonable" as it was ultimately made by the UCP Cabinet NOT the CMOH.

This is considered a breach of the Public Health Act and NOT in the public interest

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18. 2 New Polls aren’t promising:

Ledger:
NDP 44%
UCP. 42%
Notley: 36%
Smith: 22%

Navigator:
NDP: 53%
UCP: 38%
Notley: 47%
Smith: 22%

The low polls are linked to Smith offering “blanket amnesty” for those violating public health restrictions & attacking AHS#

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As always: thanks to co-writer @AB_AgainstUCP

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